working capital financing

In mergers and acquisitions, the impact on cash flow is regularly not sufficiently considered, causing companies to run into problems. It is important not only to look at the financing of the acquisition, but especially to look closely at the financing of a company's cash flow. Is there sufficient liquidity, and if not: what solutions are available?

In previous articles, we have mentioned that the staffing industry is, in a way, the indicator of the economy. When the economy picks up, the number of staffing hours increases and when economic growth slows down, we see this reflected in a declining number of staffing hours. With the retail sector remaining in dire straits, it is important for staffing agencies to guard against this ongoing trend.

In the Netherlands, many dozens of financial institutions engage in working capital financing. These range from zzp-factoring (small invoices are advanced for a fee of a few percent), to financing debtor portfolios of millions of euros at large companies (for a fee of a few tenths of a percent).